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CHARLS H. DUNKS AND THOMAS P. GLODY, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

BED-BOTTOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,130, dated August 22, 1882.

i Application filed April 22, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES H. DUNKs and THoMAs P. GLODY, citizens ot' the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Bottoms, of which the following is a specification, reference being' had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figurel is a perspective view, representing a portion of an end rail secured to the end of a side rail by means of our improved clamp. Fig. 2 is a side view ot' the clamp detached, with a portion of the rail. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the clamp. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on lineart Fig. l. Fig.5 is a perspective View, showing' a modification. Fig. 6 is a vertical section on line my, Fig.5. Fig. 7 isa top or plan view of the side rail, the end rail and clamp having been removed. Fig. 8 is a perspective view, showing the entire invention.

In the drawings, A A are the side rails, and B B the end rails, the end rails being con nected with and supported above the side rails by means of novel clamps, each of which consists of a socket portion, C, a standard portion, D, provided with iianges or shoulders cl d,

and, in all the figures except 5 and 6, with a shank portion, E, having at its lower extremity flanges e c. y

The socket portion of the clamp consists of an inner wall, c, an outer wall, c', a side wall, c2, a bottom wall, c3, and a half-top wall, c4. We call this latter a half-wall because it extends from the outer wall, c', about one-half way toward the inner wall, c, for a purpose which will soon be explained.

gis a screw-bolt passing through the side wall, c2, and into one end of the end rail, B, by means of which the end rail may be drawn rmlyinto the socket formed by the abovede scribed walls.

rIhe standard portion D is inclined in orderl to throw the socket portion toward the verti- Q cal plane of the outer face of the side rail, A.

be rmly gripped between them, and theshauk-- E may be provided with a slot, c', through 5o being provided with a tongue, b, adapted to fit the groove in the Lipper face of the side rail, to which it (the standard) may be secured by bolts and nuts f f.

Referring to Fig. 8, F Gr are thin metallic strips interwoven and riveted and otherwise 6o secured to each other, the ends of the strips F being also attached to swinging bars H H, which in turn are connected with plates I I by means of spiral springs K, the plates I being firmly attached to end rails, B B,tbe strips F and G constituting an elastic iiexible fabric, and when preferred the ends of the strips F may extend across the swinging bar H, as indicated, so that the sprin gs K shall take into holes made in the ends of said strips F. 7o

In bed-bottoms of this character it is sometimes desirable that the springs K K shall be attached to plates I I at points directly above the side rails, A, thus necessitating that the said plates I I shall be of a length equal to that of the end rails, B, and in order to permit this we make the top walls, c4, of a width equal to about half the length of the side wall,

c2, thus permitting us to use plates I I of the desired length, as will be readily understood 8c by an examination of Fig. 8.

The side walls, c2, not only serve to connect the inner and outer walls, cc', but also strengthen the upper half-wall, c, and afford a support for the screw g, so that by means of this peculiar construction of sockettand the inclination of the standard D we are enabled to support springs K at the desired point relative vertically to the side rails, A.

We are aware of patents Nos. 2etl,32l and 9o 254,690; but neither of them shows a corner supporting and connecting piece having a socket provided with four walls adapted to receive and engage with the four sidesof the end of a wooden end rail carrying a metal plate of the same length as said end rail and in contact with the front half of its upper surface engage with the four sides ot' the ends of the l throughout its entire length. end rails, the elastic fabric, the swinging bars I 5 What We claim isp H, springs K, and plates I, extending across l. The herein-described connecting and supand between the half-Walls c4, substantially as 5 porting corner-piece for a bed-bottom, consistset forth. ying of the shank E', provided with flanges e e, ln testimony whereof We ax our signatures the standard l), having the shoulders d d, and in presence of two Witnesses.

the socket portion O constructed With Vthe Evalls c, c', c2, c3, and iz, substantially as set Io orth. L

2. The combination of the side rails, A, the Witnesses: end rails, B, the corner connecting and support- J. HOMER HILDRETH,

ing pieces having inciosing` walls adapted to GEO. R. COLLERD. 

